Periodical-vending machine



G. H. MATCHETT PERIpDIcAL VENDING MACHINE Filed llaroh 13. 1920 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Oct. 23,192.8.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. y

GEORGE H. MATCHETT, GF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

PEROlDICAL-VENDING MACHINE.

Application filed March 13, 1920.

r delivered to a given position and the provision of means whereby only one sheet or periodical as the case may be, can be acted upon b v the feeding mechanism at atiine? the remaining sheets or periodicals being positively prevented from movement.

A further object of the invention is to provide a mechanism which has its parts so or- `anized that the periodicals are extruded with certainty and the provision of mechanism for the purpose which is simple and of strong construction so as not to easily be put out of order by the general public by careless operation to which it may be subjected. in its public use.

Reference should be had to the accompanyingl drawings forming a part of this specification in which Fig. 1 is an elevation with portions in, section showing the operating' part of the device; Fig. 2 is an elevation with portions in section; Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on substantially the line 3-3 of Fig'. 4 and Fig. 4 is a top plan view with portions broken away.

The device of the present invention comprises a lsheet metal housing which is in part indicated at 1 which encloses the operating parts of the machine and` the mechanism by which the periodicals are extruded. f This machine at its lower portion has an inclined shelf indicated at 2, the periodicals being delivered to the shelf 2 and thence out through an extrusion opening,` such as indicated at 3. Y

ln the same casing two extruding mecha.- nisms may be employed and the extruding roller for the second mechanism is indicated at 4. Inasniuch, however, as the extruding mechanism for both sides or parts of the machine is the same, a description of the one will suffice for both.

Serial No. 365,583.

The casing is provided with a hinged cover or door `indicated at 5 which may be opened for the insertion of periodicals and also for the collection of the coins which have been dropped into the machine for the purpose of obtainingl extrusion of the periodicals.

Vifithin the casing` there are transversely extending supports 6, which are located adjacent opposite ends of the casing. Extend ingl between these supports is a shaft 7 upon which there are mounted a series vof large diameter rollers indicated at 8. vThese rollers are spaced apart as shown `in F ig. 4. Supported in the same end members 6 is a shaft 9 upon which shaft there are rollers 10 which as shown lie between the roller-s 8. These rollers 10 are mounted so that in part they lie above the rollers 8.

Also extending` transversely between the end members 6 and mounted therein is a roller 11, this preferably being a continuous roller and serves as a support for the upper` portion of the periodicals as indicated m To one side of the rollers which have just been described there is mounted a platform 12 which extends transversely and is arranged in a slanting direction toward the rollers before described. Y

Cooperating with this platform is a sliding member 13 which at its opposite ends is provided with arms such as indicated at 14 that cooperate with slots l5 formed in the end members 6 so that the member 13 is guided with respect to the platform l2. This member 13 is adapted to lie behind the lower end of the periodicals within t-he machine, pressing` against the lower ends of the periodicals to urge them toward the rollers which 'have before been described. The member 13 is free to slide downwardly along Athe platform 12 and so follows the papers as they are suc-l cessively withdrawn. rllhis will be understood from an inspection of Fig. 2. Extending transversely between the members 6 within the casing is the member 16 which at its opposite ends is mounted in slots formed in the members 6 such as indicated at 17 in F ig. 1. This member is so mounted that' bers 6. There is a nut such as indicated at upon the end of each member 18 which enmember 16 which is normally pulled forward or toward the rollers 8 and the exact positioning of the member 16 may be adjusted by manipulation of the nuts 20.

Mounted upon the member 16 and adjacent the ends thereof are brackets, one of which is indicated at 25. In each of these brackets there is pivotally mounted Van arm 26 the mounting of each of the arms 26 being at one side thereof so that the arm overhangs its pivotal-point of support as indicated at 27. Carried by the arms 26 is a plate 28 which tends in a slanting direction toward the rollers 8. This plate lies just beneath the platform or support 12 and the inner end of the plate 28 has a curved end which lies just beneath the inner end of the platform 12. This plate 28 at some portion thereof has an eX- tension 29 adapted to receive a wing nut 30 which wing nut may engage with the underside of the platform 12 so as to adjust the position which the plate 28 may assume.

Extending between the arm 16 and roller 8 is a. shaft 31 which is mounted in the arms 26 below and at one side of the pivotal point 27. This shaft 31 carries ay series `of rollers 32 which are positioned on the shaft to lie opposite the rollers 8. As will be seen when there is no periodical passing in contact with the rollers 8 the pivotal mounting of the arms 26 is .such that the rollers 32 will move forward and be in contact with or very close to the rollers 8 and the forward or curved end of the plate 28 will drop away from the rollers 8 so as toprovidel a free. space for the passage of a periodical.

When, however, a'periodical passes in contact with the roller 8 it will contact with the rollers 32 and move the arms 26 about their pivots so that the plate 28 is moved forward into substantially the position asshown in Fig. 2. In this position the forward end of the plate 28 engages with the periodical. which passes in contact with the roller 8 and engages beneath the next succeeding periodical thereby preventing the next succeeding periodical from moving downwardly beyond a very limited degree and so prevents laccidental ext-rusion of more than one periodical.-

The position of the plate 28 with respect to the roller 8 may be adjusted so as to adapt itself to permit periodicals of different thicknesses to pass, that is to say if newspapers are vended by the machine the plate 28 is adjusted in one position but if a periodical of greater thickness than the newspaper is Y to be vended the plate 28 may be moved away from the roller 8 so that when the plate is projected forward in the operation of the machine as previously explained there is sufficient space a gear 42 which is loosely mounted upon a shaft 43. Upon the same shaft there is rigidly mounted a ratchet wheel 44 and adjacent the edge of the gear' 42 there is pivoted a dog 45 which normallyengages with the teeth of the ratchet wheel 44. When the shaft 43 is rotated in a counterclockwise direction the gear 42 is rotated through the ratchet oonnection. This in turn causes rotation of the gears 40 and 41 and thereby provides rotative movement for the rollers 8 and 32. -Thereforey when a periodical passes down beyond the plate 28 as shown in Fig. 2 the periodical will pass between the rollers 8 and 32 which rollers both being driven provides a. mechanism which is positive for withdrawing the periodical from the stack and delivering it to the delivery opening of the casing. j

It will be noted from Fig. 3 that the shaft 9 which carries the rollers 10 is provided with a gear 46 which meshes with the gear 42 hence t-he rollers 10 are positively driven. Rotation of the rollers 10 in the first instance imparts a quick pushing action to the periodical and causes it to begin its initial descent. The force applied by the roller 10 is sufficient to overcome the -frictional contact between the engaging surfaces of adjacent periodicals and soon as the periodical passes between the rollers 32 and 8 the combined action is entirely suiiicient to'completely extrude the periodical.

It will be noted from reference to Fig. 3 *i that the gear 42 may have an overrunning action with respect to the ratchet wheel v44 which drives it. This construction is provided so that if upon the .completion of the rotation of the rollers 8 and 32, the periodical is not completely extruded, the periodical can be grasped bythe purchaser and pulled from the machine. This is permitted because of the fact that the gear 42 may overrun the driving ratchet 44.

The shaft 43 is rotated by a crank 47 as indicated in Fig. 1 and the rotationof the Crank 47 is controlled by a locking mechanism which is coin controlled. i

The features of this coin controlled mechanism form the subject matter of my co-pending application Serial No. 326,640 but will be herein sufciently described to show their cooperation with the driving shaft 43.

Mounted upon a suitable bracket which may be generally indicated at 48 is a movable rod 49. This rod carries latch member 50 which has a. nose 51 that engages with the shoulder 52 carried by a member 53 which is shown in dot-ted line in Fig. v1. Secured to the member 50 and to a part of the bracket is a spring 54 which normally urges the member 50 and the rod 49 which carries it in a direction to cause the nose 56 to engage against the shoulder In this position operation of the crank 47 is resistant when the crank is moved in a. clockwise direction. Movement of the crank in a countercloclwise direction is prevented by means of a pawl 55 which engages with teeth formed in a member 56 that is secured to and in effect forms a part of the member 53.

Carried upon the inner face of the member 53 is a pin 57 which is in position to engage with a pin 53 that is carried upon a rod 59 which rod is mounted in the bracket 48. This rod is under control of a spring 60 which normally urges the rod 59 vtoward the left as shown in Fig. 1 so as kto hold the member 62 which is carried thereby against the bracket 43.

The c-oin chute is indicated at 63 and its upper end is adjacent an opening` 64 formed in the casing. The lower end of the. coin chute 63 is adjacent the rods 49 and 59 and the chute 63 communicates with vertical coinway which is indicated at 65. This coinway has notches 66 formed therein which notches may be occupied by stop members such as indicated at 67 which stop members are carried upon a shaft- 63. This shaft is mounted in a bearing member 69 and may be turned by means ofthe pin 70. Positioning of the shaft 68 places any desired stop member 67 in position in its appropriate notch thereby controlling the depth in the coinway to which a coin may pass after it leaves the coin chute 63. This construction therefore in effeet provides an adjustable coin chute so thai one, two or more coins may berequired in order to make operative connection between moving` parts as vill be later described.

llfhen the. requisite number of coins have been inserted, a coin will lie in front of the member 62 and behind a` stop member 71 which is carried by the rod 49. When this condition obtains and the crank 47 is turned the coin forms aconnection between the stop 62 and the shoulder 71 so that as the member 53 is rotated by thecrank the pins 57 and 53 engage thereby moving the rod 59 and be cause of the presence of the coin, moving the rod 49 which as will be recalled carries the latch member 56 and by movement of the rod 49 the latch' is pushed forward so that it will not engage the shoulder 52. This condition obtains until the pins 57 and 58 disengage whereupon the spring 54 retracts the latch 50 but the nose of the latch engages with the annular surface of the member 53 anddoes not retard or stop the operation of this member 53 until a complete revolution has been made at which time the nose 51 of the latch 59 will snap beneath the shoulder 52` and prevent further rotation of the member 53.-

The housing 69 which supports the shaft 63 is mount-ed upon the rod 49 so that as it moves forward it removes the stop member 67 from its position with respect to the coinway 65 and permits the coins therein to drop and be delivered to the coin receptacle 72. The coin opening` 64 is provided with a closure member 73 which is adapted to be positioned to close the coinway 64 when the machine is empty or in other words when there are no periodicals to be vended. Y

This closure member is mounted to slide and has attached thereto a cord or cable 74 which is secured to an arm of an Lshaped lever 7 This lever is mounted upon a suitable bracket 7 6 carried by the wall of the casing. One arm of the L-shaped lever is in position to be contacted by an end of a lever 77 which suitably pivoted intermediate its ends as ind'cated at 73. The end of the lever 7 7 extends adjacent the lower or inner part of the platform 12 and is adapted to be engaged by the end of a lever 30 which is pivotally mounted upon the follower member Y13 which as before described slides upon the platform 12 behind the stach of periodicals. This lever is pivoted at the end of the member 13 whichA is remote from the lever 77 as indicated at 3l in Fig. 4. The opposite end of the lever eX- tends beyond the member 13 and is in position to engage with the lever 77 when the member 13 is at the lower end of its movement. Tntermediate its ends the lever 36 carries a curved finger 32 which is adapted to engage with the periodicals as is clearly shown in Fig. 2. This engagement between the finger 32 and the periodicals holds the lever 39 from movement withrespect to the follower member 13 uponwhich it is mounted. lVhen the last periodical is extruded the finger is released and this permits the lever 86 to move about its pivot so that the free end thereof drops forward and hits the lower end of the lever 77 thus operating the L-shaped lever and moving` the closure member 73 so that it closes the coin opening 64.

As before stated the casing which encloses the mechanism is provided with a door` or closure 5 which when opened permits access to the interior portion of the machine. The periodicals when placed in the machine are positioned as shownv in llig. 2. That is to say they are arranged so that the flat surfaces of the periodicals are in a position at substantially right angles with respect to the platform l2 and the flat surface of the foremost periodical lies in contact with the supporting roller l1 and the first driving roller l0.

Having described my invention, I claiml, In a machine of the character described, a platform adapted to support sheets to be fed, an extrusion roller adjacent an edge of the platform, a retaining member pivotally mounted adjacent an edge of the platform, the lower' portion of said retaining member being adapted to be engaged by a sheet as it is extruded to move the upper portion of the retaining member toward the said extrusion roller and means for adjusting the said retaining member with respect to the extrusion roller.

2. In a machine of the character described, a platform adapted to support sheets to be fed, an extrusion roller adjacent an edge of the platform, a retaining member mounted adjacent an edge of the platform, a movable member upon which the retainingr member is pivotally mounted, means for retaining said movable member in adjusted position, the lower portion of said retaining member being adapted to be engaged by a sheet as it is extruded thereby to move the upper portion of the retaining member towards the said eX- trusion roller.

3. In a machine of the character described, a platform adapted to support sheets to be fed, an extrusion roller adjacent an edge of the platform, a retaining member mounted adjacent an edge of the platform, a movable support upon which the retaining member is pivotally mounted, means normally urging the said movable support toward the extrusion roller, means cooperating with the movable support for retaining the same in adj usted position, the lower portion of said retaining member being adapted t0 be engaged by a sheet as it is extruded thereby to move the upper portion of the retaining member toward the extrusion roller.

t. In a machine of the character described,

a platform adapted to support sheets to beV fed, an extrusion roller adjacent an edge of the platform, a retaining member which is pivotally mounted between its ends, the upper portion of said retaining member lying adjacent the edge of the platform, a roller mounted upon the lower portion of said retaining member, said roller lying opposite the extrusion roller.

5. In a machine of the character described,

Y to and in (fo-operative relation with the extru-` sion roller whereby a sheet of material passing between said-member and the extrusion roller moves the retaining member about its pivot.

(i. In a machine of the character described,

Ya platform adapted to support sheets to be fed, an extrusion roller adjacent an edge of the platform, a movable carrier, a retaining member which is pivotally mounted between .its ends upon said carrier the upper portion of said retaining member lying adjacent the edge of the platform, a member mounted upon the lower portion of said retaining member and lying opposite and in cooperative relation with the extrusion roller, and means normally urging the carrier toward the extrusion roller. Y

7. In a machine of the character described plat-form adapted to support sheets to be fed, an extrusion roller adjacent anedge of the platform, a movable carrier, a retaining member which is pivotally mounted upon the said car1'ier,tl1e upper portion of said retaining member lying adjacent the edge of the platform, 'a roller mounted upon the lower portion of said retaining member lying oppo-A site to and in co-operative relation with the extrusion roller, means for driving the said rollers, and means normally urging the movable carrier toward the extrusion roller.

S. In a machine of the characterjdescribed,`

extrusion roller, a roller mounted at the low er end of said retaining member and opposite said extrusion roller and means for driving the said extrusion roller and the roller car-- ried by the retaining member.

9. In a machine of the character described, a platform adapted to support sheets to ne fed, an extrusion roller extending adjacent an edge of the platform, a retaining member pivotally mounted between its ends, a plate mounted at Vthe Lipper end of the said retaining member and lying adjacent the edge of the said platform, the opposite end of said retaining memberlying adjacentv the said extrusion roller and adapted to be engaged. by a sheet as it is extruded to move the said plate toward roller. Y

l0. In a machine of the character described, a platform adapted to support sheets to be fed, an extrusion roller mounted to lie adjacent an edge of theplatform, a retainn ing member pivotally mounted between its ends, a plate mounted at the upper end of said retaining member and'lying adjacent an edgeV of the said platform, a roller mounted at the opposite end of said retaining member and the said eXtruding means for driving the extrusion roller and the said roller carried by the retaining member.

l1. In a machine of the character described, a platform adapted to support sheets to be fed, an extrusion roller mounted to Ylie adjacent an edge of the platform, a plurality of retaining members mounted beneath the said platform, each of said members being pivotally mounted between its ends, a plate member mounted upon said retaining members and extending beneath and adjacent the edge of the said platform, the lower ends of said retaining members lying adjacent the said extruding roller and in position to be engaged by a sheet when the same is extruded thereby to move said retaining members about their pivots.

l2. In a machine of the character described, a platform adapted to support sheets to be fed, an extrusion roller mounted to lie adjacent an edge of the platform, a plurality of retaining members mounted beneath the said platform, each of said members being pivotally mounted between its ends, a plate being adapted to the upper end of said members, said plate lying beneath and adjacent the edge of said platform, a. roller mounted at the lower end of each of said retaining members and adjacent the extrusion roller, the said rollers on the retaining members being en gaged by a sheet as it is extruded to move the retaining` members about their pivots for the purpose described.

18. 1n a machine of the character described, a platform adapted to support sheets to be fed, an extrusion roller mounted to lie adjacent anvedge of the platform, a plurality of retaining members mounted beneath the said platform, each of said members being pivotally mounted between its ends, a plate being adapted to the upper end of said members, said plate lying beneath and adjacent the edge of said platform, a roller mounted at the lower end of each of said retaining members and adjacent the extrusion roller, means for driving the said extrusion roller and the rollers carried by the retaining members.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature.

GEORGE H. MATCHETT. 

